The criminal bit was tongue in cheek. The "government control" bit right afterwards was the real point. I disagree with your comparison. If a gun owner wanted

The criminal bit was tongue in cheek. The "government control" bit right afterwards was the real point. I disagree with your comparison. If a gun owner wanted the simplest thing that would work, then their guns would not be so fancy / complicated. There would not be a market for non-restrictive but non-essential gun enhancements. Sorry my joke wasn't clear to you and that you missed the point that it's conservatives that fear government control over ownership/reselling who have issue here.